Apache Storm

7.2easy start · #8 of 25
in Streaming Analytics Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows.

Apache Storm is ranked #8 of 25 in streaming analytics software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Apache Storm Free Free and open source · Apache License 2.0 storm.apache.org · 1 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Stateful processing: Yes
Supported languages: JavaScript, Python, Ruby, C#

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Purpose: Apache Storm is a distributed realtime computation system for reliably processing unbounded data streams.
Use cases: Storm supports realtime analytics, online machine learning, continuous computation, distributed RPC, and ETL.
Performance: The project says a benchmark processed over one million tuples per second per node.
Programming model: Storm uses spouts, bolts, and topologies to build arbitrarily complex multi-stage stream computations.
Reliability: Storm is designed to be scalable, fault-tolerant, and to guarantee data processing.
Integrations: Out-of-the-box integrations include Apache Kafka, HDFS, JDBC databases, JMS, and Redis.
Deployment: Storm provides local mode for in-process development and remote mode for submitting topologies to a cluster.
Current release: The current Apache Storm release is 3.1.0, with source and binary distributions available.
Distribution: Apache Storm is available through Maven Central and as an official Docker image on Docker Hub.
Security: Storm supports pluggable Kerberos/SASL authentication and SimpleACLAuthorizer authorization, both disabled by default.
Encryption: Storm supports TLS for Thrift RPC and Netty worker-to-worker messaging through mutual TLS.
Release integrity: Storm publishes OpenPGP signatures and SHA-512 checksums for every release file.
Support: Users can get help through the user mailing list at [email protected].
License: Apache Storm is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Price from: Free

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Best Streaming Analytics Software in 2026#8 of 25
Best Stream Processing Software in 2026#6 of 24

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